Mark Allen Ward, MD

Personal Statement

My mission is provide excellent patient care to children of all backgrounds, participate in research to advance the knowledge needed to provide this care, and to help train the next generation of pediatricians.

Clinical Interests

Assessment and management of fever in children

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* Texas Children’s Hospital physicians’ licenses and credentials are reviewed prior to practicing at any of our facilities. Sections titled From the Doctor, Professional Organizations and Publications were provided by the physician’s office and were not verified by Texas Children’s Hospital.

Research interests

Common infectious diseases of children, resident education

Ward MA. Pathophysiology and treatment of fever in infants and children. In: UpToDate, Rose, BD (Ed), UpToDate, Waltham, MA, 2018.

Feigin & Cherry: Ward MA, Hannemann NL Fever: Pathogenesis and treatment. In: Feigin RD, Cherry JD, Demmler-Harrison GJ, Kaplan SL (eds), Textbook of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, 8th Ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders, 2017: pp. 52-56. (author for editions 6 and later).

Burns AM, Thammasitboon S, Ward MA, Kline MW, Raphael JL, Turner TL, Orange JS. Implementation of a novel curriculum and fostering professional identity formation of pediatrician-scientists. Journal of Pediatrics 2019; 205: 5-7.

Ward MA, Palazzi DL, Lorin MI, Agrawal A, Frankenthal H, Turner TL. Impact of the final adjective in the Medical Student Performance Evaluation on determination of applicant desirability. Medical Education Online 2018; 23(1) 542922. doi: 10.1080/10872981.

Thammasitboon S, Darby JB, Hair AB, Rose KM, Ward MA, Turner TL, Balmer DF. A theory-informed, process-oriented resident scholarship program. Medical Education Online 2016; 21:31021.

Burns AM, Kushner JA, Ward MA, Turner TL, Kline MW, Orange JS. Strengthening the Pipeline for Clinician-Scientists: The Pediatrician-Scientist Training and Development Program at Texas Children's Hospital. Journal of Pediatrics 2016: 172:5-6, e5.

Turner TL, Fielder E, Ward MA. Balancing Service and Education in Residency Training: A Logical Fallacy. JAMA Pediatrics 2016; 170: 101-2.

Balmer DF, Quiah S, DiPace J, Paik S, Ward MA, Richards BF. Learning across the explicit, implicit, and extra-curricula: an exploratory study of the relative proportions of residents' perceived learning in clinical areas at three pediatric residency programs. Academic Medicine 2015; 90:1547-52.

Turner TL, Ward MA, Transforming teaching into scholarship. Clinical Teacher 2012; 6: 363-367. Turner TL, Ward MA, Palazzi DL, Lorin MI. Value placed on formal training in education by pediatric department chairs and residency program directors. J Grad Med Educ 2011; 3: 558-561.

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